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DecSoft App Builder is an IDE for Microsoft Windows, which allows to create modern HTML apps, Hybrid apps, Web Extensions and Progressive web apps. Sound good, right? Talking about hybrid apps, and, with the help of Apache Cordova, we can create multiplatform apps, ready to be deployed in Android, iOS, Windows and other platforms.

When we create a new app in the DecSoft App Builder's IDE, the default app's designtime size is 320x480, and, there must be a reason to be like that, right? The reason is how DecSoft App Builder can, optionally, auto scale our apps. DecSoft App Builder can auto scale our apps, and, this works from smaller to larger logical resolutions, but (and this is what matter here) not at the contrary.

With DecSoft App Builder we can create apps that can run, without any dependency, in all the modern desktop and mobile browsers. Also is possible to create WebExtensions for the same modern mobile and desktop browsers. Thanks to the integration with Apache Cordova, with DecSoft App Builder we can also create apps for the Android platform and the iOS platform.

The above platforms appear quite interesting, but, what about the Microsoft platform? Can DecSoft App Builder create apps for the Microsoft platform? The answer is yes. Again, thanks to the integration with Apache Cordova, with DecSoft App Builder we can create apps for Microsoft platform, in particular, we can create apps for the Universal Windows Platform.

Did you know that the current release of DecSoft App Builder includes up to 36 app's themes ready to be used by your developed apps? This means that you can add (in designtime) one or more app's themes in your apps, and, then you can change the app's theme in runtime, that is, by user demand, for example. Then only thing that you need to do is to include the themes that you want to be available, and, then use the "SetAppTheme" action, to set the app's theme that you wanted.

We are proud to announce than the current release of DecSoft's App Builder incorporates the latest version of the fantastic Font Awesome icons pack. With Font Awesome version 5 we can choose between up to 925 icons from three different categories: Regular, Solid and Brands, to be used in our apps.

In the previous DecSoft's blog entry (Android apps with DecSoft's App Builder) we learn how to be ready with our DecSoft's App Builder apps to be run in the Android platform, that is, how we must prepare our Windows environment to install Apache Cordova and the related software, in order to get the right APK files of our apps, to be tested and deployed to the users.

In this other blog entry we will learn about what we need in order to prepare the appropriate environment for our apps to be run in the iOS platform. That is, what hardware and sofware we need in order to get the best results as possible. And what is the difference between to build our apps for the Android or the Windows platforms, and, do the same for the iOS platform.

You may already know that DecSoft's App Builder creates HTML 5 apps, WebApps, Progressive WebApps and WebExtensions, all of these, without any other dependency, that is, using only DecSoft's App Builder.

However, DecSoft's App Builder has been integrated with Apache Cordova, and, thanks to that, can also creates Hybrid mobile and desktop apps for Android, iOS, Windows 10 and other platforms.

Here is this post you can learn how to be ready with DecSoft's App Builder and Apache Cordova in order to generate APK files (ready for Android) of your apps.

DecSoft is proud to announce than App Builder is ready for Apple iOS 11 now. DecSoft made the appropriate changes into App Builder in order to generate the right HTML viewport for iOS 11. Additionally, the current release of App Builder creates one new icon and five new splash screens for Apple iOS, all of them in order to be ready with iOS and the Apple iPhone X, for example.

We are very proud to announce that the current available release of DecSoft's App Builder uses the Boostrap CSS framework version 4, instead of the Boostrap CSS framework version 3. This means lot of internal changes in App Builder, but always trying to save the backward compatibility (if you have any problem, please, use the support forum). By using Boostrap CSS 4 we gain new controls' kinds (colors) and other minor enhancements.

Here is another good sample of application developed by 50/120 comunicacion using DecSoft's App Builder: Domo Electra. This application is made for a famous spanish Youtuber and for their company. The Domo Electra app is also available for iOS. In both platform the app wants to be useful for the Domo Electra users and customers, providing lot of features like the latest news, videos, adverts, store, and many, many more.

I already mention that the Domo Electra app is developed by 50/120 comunicacion, an spanish company which uses DecSoft's App Builder in other projects too, like the safeBonsai app, another DecSoft's App Builder use case. Certainly the team of 50/120 comunicacion made very good projects and we are proud they choose DecSoft's App Builder to develop them.

Here is another good sample of application developed by safeBonsai using DecSoft's App Builder. The safeBonsai company offers a hardware device who allow us to control our bonsai tree humidity. This hardware device is accompanied with an app available for Android and iOS, to view and manage the information provided by the hardware device in real time. Take a quick look in the below video!

Behind the safeBonsai project is 50/120 comunicacion, an spanish company with lof ot other projects, including other apps developed by DecSoft's App Builder. Some of these apps must be shown here in the near future as very good cases of use of DecSoft's App Builder. Certainly DecSoft's App Builder provide us a fast way to develop for various platforms like Android and iOS.

We are proud to announce that DecSoft's App Builder has been choosed for the Softpedia® Software Of The Week for Microsoft Windows. Softpedia® is one of the best websites to download software, because they not only collect links to software products, but also maintain a database with the software's history, review the software in a personal way, not only copy the software description from the software vendors.

Here in this blog entry DecSoft are very proud to present the Emplea2 app, an "in house" app for the workers of the Empresa Malagueña de Transportes S.A.M. company, the responsible for the public transport in the city of Málaga, Spain. The Emplea2 app is probably one of the most complete apps developed with DecSoft's App Builder until today: this app have right now more than 88 app's views, hundrends of Http Clients controls, Websocket based chats and many more.

DecSoft also helps in the development of the Emplea2 app, which is made with our DecSoft's App Builder. Our main target platforms are Android and iOS, but thanks to DecSoft's App Builder the app can also works in other platforms. And apparently the company's workers are happy with the results! In the first couple of days we reach more than 50% off the total company's workers!

DecSoft's App Builder is an useful 5 in 1 development environment for Microsoft Windows that allows you to create professional apps. With DecSoft's App Builder, even without programming knowledge, we can create HTML5, WebExtensions, WebApps, Progressive WebApps and Hybrid apps for the modern browsers and many desktop and mobile platforms, all with the same code base!

DecSoft's are very, very proudly to maintain from many, many years ago, the World's best collection of plugins for the VisualNeo program. The DecSoft's NeoPlugins add to VisualNeo 1136 new actions by a total of 59 plugins, allowing you to enhance your VisualNeo's programs in lot of different ways. DecSoft's have NeoPlugins customers all around the world, and they are used in too many personal and professional applications.

Anybody who has been purchased one or more DecSoft's products licenses are considered a DecSoft's customer and have access to the DecSoft's customer area, in which they can find some useful stuff. The DecSoft's customer area allow to the customers to view, copy and download their licenses, download outdated releases of the products and upgrade their licenses at the best price.

I am very happy to welcome you to the DecSoft's blog, in which I want to share with you news, information, offers and any other kind of stuff related with all the DecSoft's products. DecSoft have sixteen years of experience developing software for Microsoft Windows and the web. Here in this website you can download all the DecSoft's products demos in order to try it, with the hope that you can find it useful for you.